Although she considers herself shy, UW-Madison freshman Danielle Berkovitz volunteered to share her story first at the American Cancer Society’s Survivor Dinner last Saturday.
“Something as terrible as cancer has really made a positive effect on my life,” she said. “It has allowed me to do things like this and connect with people like you.”
One of those connections, her friend Kari Liotta, also a UW-Madison freshman, gave her an encouraging smile.